TALAIPWROS EGW ANTHRWPOS

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Fri Jun 2 10:51:01 EDT 2000


At 23:33 01/06/00, Roe wrote:
>Does TALAIPWROS favor the understanding that his "wretchedness" entailed
>his frustration (at being unable to achieve that for which he
>struggles)?  I am assuming this partially because I would have expected
>Paul to say, perhaps, hAMARTWLOS rather than TALAIPWROS if he had
>referred to his sinfulness...


>TALAIPWROS is a condition resulting from some action
As Wis. 3:11 has it:
Yes, wretched are they who scorn wisdom and discipline: their hope is void, 
their toil unavailing, their achievements unprofitable;

  Spicq, Ceslas. Theological Lexicon of the New Testament. 3 vols. Peabody, 
Mass: Hendrickson, 1996. has a comprehensive entry on the LXX usage and on 
secular writers of Paul's time and slightly later ( Epictetus, Josephus, 
Plutarch )
He notes that:
" In October of A.D 64 Thaubus announces to his father ' Your unhappy 
daughter Herennia [ THN TALAIPWRON QUGATERA SOU ] died .... the ninth of 
Phaophi in premature labour '[ P.Found 75 ]. So when Paul cries out " 
wretched man that I am
( Ro. 7:34 ) we must interpret this as both _infelix_ and _miser_; ' 
Unhappy and miserable man that I am. Who will deliver me from this 
miserable body' "

After citing Epictetus, Plutarch,  'Joseph and  Aseneth', and Test. Abraham 
,Spicq  continues:
" The exclamation is a common one, whether after a mistake or a sin, to 
EXPRESS THE CONDITON [ emphais mine ] of the guilty person, or on the 
occasion of the loss of a loved one. It is the cry of a broke heart ".

Regards

Maurice



Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie






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